EP0349034B1 - Matériau d'enregistrement électrophotographique - Google Patents

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EP0349034B1
EP0349034B1 EP89201552A EP89201552A EP0349034B1 EP 0349034 B1 EP0349034 B1 EP 0349034B1 EP 89201552 A EP89201552 A EP 89201552A EP 89201552 A EP89201552 A EP 89201552A EP 0349034 B1 EP0349034 B1 EP 0349034B1
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  • the present invention relates to a photosensitive recording material as claimed in claim 1 suited for use in electrophotography.
  • photoconductive materials are used to form a latent electrostatic charge image that is developable with finely divided colouring material, called toner.
  • the developed image can then be permanently affixed to the photoconductive recording material, e.g. photoconductive zinc oxide-binder layer, or transferred from the photoconductor layer, e.g. selenium layer, onto a receptor material, e.g. plain paper and fixed thereon.
  • the photoconductive recording material is reusable.
  • a photoconductor layer In order to permit a rapid multiple printing or copying a photoconductor layer has to be used that rapidly looses its charge on photo-exposure and also rapidly regains its insulating state after exposure to receive again a sufficiently high electrostatic charge for a next image formation.
  • the failure of a material to return completely to its relatively insulating state prior to succeeding charging/imaging steps is commonly known in the art as "fatigue".
  • the fatigue phenomenon has been used as a guide in the selection of commercially useful photoconductive materials, since the fatigue of the photoconductive layer limits the copying rate achievable.
  • Another important property which determines whether or not a particular photoconductive material is suited for electrophotographic copying is its photosensitivity that must be high enough for use in copying apparatus operating with a copying light source of fairly low intensity.
  • the photoconductive layer has a chromatic sensitivity that matches the light source. In the case of a white light source, it should have panchromatic sensitivity and allow the reproduction of all colours in balance.
  • Organic photoconductor layers of which poly(N-vinylcarbazole) layers have been the most useful were less interesting because of lack of speed, insufficient spectral sensitivity and rather large fatigue.
  • TNF acts as an electron acceptor whereas PVCz serves as electron donor.
  • Films consisting of said charge transfer complex with a 1:1 molar ratio of TNF:PVCz are dark brown, nearly black and exhibit high charge acceptance and low dark decay rates. Overall photosensitivity is comparable to that of amorphous selenium (ref. Schaffert, R. M. IBM J. Res. Develop., 15 , 75 (1971).
  • a pigment dye of e.g. one of the following classes :
  • the charge transporting layer can comprise either a polymeric material or a nonpolymeric material.
  • a polymeric binder In the case of nonpolymeric materials the use of such materials with a polymeric binder is generally preferred or required for sufficient mechanical firmness and flexibility.
  • This binder may be "electronically inert" (that is incapable of substantial transport of at least one species of charge carrier) or can be “electronically active” (capable of transport of that species of charge carriers that are neutralized by a uniformly applied electrostatic charge).
  • the polarity of electrostatic charging that gives the highest photosensitivity to the arrangement has to be such that negative charging is applied to a hole conducting (p-type) charge transport layer and positive charging is applied to an electron conducting (n-type) charge transport layer.
  • It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrophotographic recording material comprising a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer containing an organic photoconductor compound that has a high p-type charge transport capacity.
  • It is a further object of the present invention to provide an electrophotographic composite layer material comprising on a conductive support a charge generating layer in contiguous relationship with a charge transporting layer containing an aromatic polyamino compound having high p-type charge transport capacity.
  • an electrophotographic recording material comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer containing a photoconductive compound that has p-type charge capacity and corresponds to the following general formula (I) : wherein : R1 represents a -NR3R4 group, wherein each of R3 and R4 (same or different) represents a C1-C10 alkyl group including said alkyl group in substituted form, e.g.
  • R2 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group including a substituted alkyl group, e.g. methyl, alkoxycarbonyl substituted alkyl or halogen, e.g. chlorine.
  • an electrophotographic recording material which comprises an electrically conductive support having thereon a charge generating layer in contiguous relationship with a charge transporting layer, characterized in that said charge transporting layer contains a 1,3,5-tris(aminophenyl) benzene compound corresponding to the following general formula (I) : wherein : R1 and R2 are as defined above.
  • each of R3 and R4 independently of each other in the group -NR3R4 in said general formula (I) represents methyl, ethyl, benzyl or an ethoxycarbonyl substituted alkyl group.
  • 1,3,5-tris(aminophenyl) benzene compounds having a melting point of at least 100 °C are preferred in order to prevent softening of the charge transport layer and diffusion of said compound out of the recording material at elevated temperatures.
  • 1,3,5-tris(aminophenyl)benzenes for use according to the present invention can proceed for example, by starting with the trimerization of appropriately substituted nitro, amino, acetylamino, bromo or chloro acetophenones with potassium pyrosulfate/sulfuric acid, hydrogen chloride or in the presence of aluminium oxide catalysts. Trimerization yields as a major product 1,3,5-tris(nitrophenyl), 1,3,5-tris(aminophenyl), 1,3,5-tris(acetylaminophenyl), 1,3,5-tris(chlorophenyl) and 1,3,5-tris(bromophenyl) benzenes respectively.
  • the 1,3,5-tris(nitrophenyl) benzenes and 1,3,5-tris(acetylaminophenyl) benzenes can be converted to the corresponding 1,3,5-tris(aminophenyl) benzenes by reduction with tin/hydrochloric acid and alkaline hydrolysis respectively.
  • the 1,3,5-tris(chlorophenyl) and 1,3,5-tris(bromophenyl) benzenes can be converted into 1,3,5-tris(aminophenyl) benzenes by reaction with ammonia under pressure.
  • 1,3,5-tris(aminophenyl) benzenes can be converted into the substituted amino compounds for use according to the present invention by conventional techniques such as alkylation with bromoalkanes or tosylalkanes in the presence of sodium carbonate or with the ethyl ester of Beta-bromopropionic acid.
  • 1,3,5-tris(4-nitrophenyl) benzene was first prepared by adding 2 ml of concentrated sulphuric acid and then 45 g of freshly dried potassium pyrosulfate to 28 g of molten 4-nitroacetophenone with constant stirring and allowing the mixture to react for 8 hours at 90 to 95°C.
  • the cooled reaction mixture was boiled up with water, hot filtered and the solid product, left boiled with ethanol followed, by filtration, said procedure being carried out twice more. Thereupon the solid residue was boiled with chloroform followed by filtration, said procedure being repeated twice, whereupon the solid product left was dried and represented 14 g of purified 1,3,5-tris(4-nitrophenyl) benzene.
  • the first fraction was then further purified on a silica gel column with a toluene/ethylacetate eluent with a 0 to 2 % gradient of ethyl acetate.
  • the thus purified product was the desired 1,3,5-tris(4-N,N-diethylaminophenyl) benzene with melting point: 207 to 209°C.
  • 1,3,5-tris(3-N,N-diethylaminophenyl) benzene was prepared from 3-nitro-acetophenone using the same synthesis procedure as described above for compound 1.
  • 1,3,5-tris(4-aminophenyl)benzene were prepared as described above in the preparation of compound 1. 5 g of 1,3,5-tris(4-amino-phenyl)benzene were dissolved in 150 ml of dimethyl acetamide and the solution added to a boiling mixture of 54.3 g of benzylchloride and diisopropylethylamine. The resulting mixture was refluxed for 5 hours at 140°C with continuous stirring and then after cooling water was added until no further precipitation was observed. The precipitate was filtered off, washed with a large quantity of water and dried to yield a yellow product.
  • 1,3,5-tris(4-aminophenyl)benzene was prepared as described above in the preparation of compound 1. 10 g of 1,3,5-tris(4-aminophenyl)benzene was mixed with 150 ml of toluene and then 0.4 g of p-toluene sulphonic acid and 13.6 g of benzaldehyde were added at room temperature. The resulting mixture was then refluxed for 3 hours and the water formed (ca. 1.5 ml) distilled off azeotropically. The resulting mixture was evaporated to dryness and the solid residue recrystallized from acetonitrile. The yellow product, 1,3,5-tris(4-benzyliminophenyl)benzene, was filtered off, washed and dried and had a melting point of 99.5 to 103.5°C.
  • 1,3,5-tris(4-aminophenyl)benzene was prepared as described above in the preparation of compound 1.
  • a mixture of 3 g of 1,3,5-tris(4-aminophenyl)-benzene, 22.2 g of m-iodotoluene, 5.9 g of potassium carbonate, 0.2 g of 18-crown-6 crown ether, 2.2 g of copper bronze and 40 ml of orthodichlorobenzene was flushed with argon and then the whole apparatus placed under vacuum. The mixture was then refluxed under argon for 120 hours. The reaction mixture was then filtered hot and the filtrate evaporated to dryness.
  • At least one 1,3,5-tris(aminophenyl) benzene compound according to general formula (I) is applied in combination with a resin binder to form a charge transporting layer adhering directly to a charge generating layer on an electrically conductive support.
  • a resin binder to form a charge transporting layer adhering directly to a charge generating layer on an electrically conductive support.
  • the charge transporting layer obtains sufficient mechanical strength and obtains or retains sufficient capacity to hold an electrostatic charge for copying purposes.
  • the specific resistivity of the charge transporting layer is not lower than 109 ohm.cm.
  • the resin binders are selected on the basis of optimal mechanical strength, adhesion to the charge generating layer and favourable electrical properties.
  • Suitable electronically inactive binder resins for use in the charge transporting layer are e.g. cellulose esters, acrylate and methacrylate resins, cyanoacrylate resins, polyvinyl chloride, copolymers of vinyl chloride, e.g. a copolymer of vinyl chloride with vinyl acetate and maleic anhydride, polyester resins, e.g. copolyesters of isophthalic acid and terephthalic acid with glycol or aromatic polycarbonate resins.
  • a polyester resin particularly suited for use in combination with aromatic polycarbonate binders is DYNAPOL L 206 (registered trade mark of Dynamit Nobel for a copolyester of terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid with ethylene glycol and neopentyl glycol, the molar ratio of tere- to isophthalic acid being 3/2).
  • Said polyester resin improves the adherence to aluminium that may form a conductive coating on the support of the recording material.
  • Suitable aromatic polycarbonates can be prepared by methods such as those described by D. Freitag, U. Grigo, P. R. Müller and W. Nouvertné in the Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering, 2nd ed., Vol. II, pages 648-718, (1988) published by Wiley and Sons Inc., and have one or more repeating units within the scope of the following general formula (II) : wherein : X represents S, SO2, R1, R2, R3, R4, R7 and R8 each represents (same or different) hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl group or an aryl group, and R5 and R6 each represent (same or different) hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group or together represent the necessary atoms to close a cycloaliphatic ring, e.g. cyclohexane ring.
  • Aromatic polycarbonates having a molecular weight in the range of 10,000 to 200,000 are preferred. Suitable polycarbonates having such a high molecular weight are sold under the registered trade mark MAKROLON of Bayer AG, W-Germany.
  • binder resins are silicone resins, polystyrene and copolymers of styrene and maleic anhydride and copolymers of butadiene and styrene.
  • An example of an electronically active resin binder is poly-N-vinylcarbazole or copolymers of N-vinylcarbazole having a N-vinylcarbazole content of at least 40 % by weight.
  • the ratio wherein the charge-transporting compound and the resin binder are mixed can vary. However, relatively specific limits are imposed, e.g. to avoid crystallization.
  • the content of the 1,3,5-tris(aminophenyl) benzene used according to the present invention in a positive charge transport layer is preferably in the range of 30 to 70 % by weight with respect to the total weight of said layer.
  • the thickness of the charge transport layer is in the range of 5 to 50 ⁇ m, preferably in the range of 5 to 30 ⁇ m.
  • spectral sensitizing agents can have an advantageous effect on the charge transport.
  • these dyes are used in an amount not substantially reducing the transparency in the visible light region (420 - 750 nm) of the charge transporting layer so that the charge generating layer still can receive a substantial amount of the exposure light when exposed through the charge transporting layer.
  • the charge transporting layer may contain compounds substituted with electron-acceptor groups forming an intermolecular charge transfer complex, i.e. donor-acceptor complex wherein the 1,3,5-tris(aminophenyl) benzene represents a donor compound by the presence of its electron donating amino groups.
  • useful compounds having electron-accepting groups are nitrocellulose and aromatic nitro-compounds such as nitrated fluorenone-9 derivatives, nitrated 9-dicyanomethylenefluorenone derivatives, nitrated naphthalenes and nitrated naphthalic acid anhydrides or imide derivatives.
  • the optimum concentration range of said derivatives is such that the mole donor/acceptor ratio is 10 : 1 to 1,000 : 1 and vice versa.
  • UV-stabilizers Compounds acting as stabilising agents against deterioration by ultra-violet radiation, so-called UV-stabilizers, may also be incorporated in said charge transport layer.
  • UV-stabilizers are benztriazoles.
  • silicone oils For controlling the viscosity of the coating compositions and controlling their optical clarity silicone oils may be added to the charge transport layer.
  • the charge transport layer used in the recording material according to the present invention possesses the property of offering a high charge transport capacity coupled with a low dark discharge.
  • any of the organic pigment dyes belonging to one of the classes a) to n) mentioned hereinbefore may be used.
  • Further examples of pigment dyes useful for photogenerating positive charge carriers are disclosed in US-P 4,365,014.
  • Inorganic substances suited for photogenerating positive charge carriers are e.g. amorphous selenium and selenium alloys e.g. selenium-tellurium, selenium-tellurium-arsenic and selenium-arsenic and inorganic photoconductive crystalline compounds such as cadmium sulphoselenide, cadmium selenide, cadmium sulphide and mixtures thereof as disclosed in US-P 4,140,529.
  • Said photoconductive substances functioning as charge generating compounds may be applied to a support with or without a binding agent.
  • they are coated by vacuum-deposition without binder as described e.g. in US-P 3,972,717 and 3,973,959.
  • the photoconductive substances When dissolvable in an organic solvent the photoconductive substances may likewise be coated using a wet coating technique known in the art whereupon the solvent is evaporated to form a solid layer.
  • the binding agent(s) should be soluble in the coating solution and the charge generating compound dissolved or dispersed therein.
  • the binding agent(s) may be the same as the one(s) used in the charge transport layer which normally provides best adhering contact.
  • a plasticizing agent e.g. halogenated paraffin, polybiphenyl chloride, dimethylnaphthalene or dibutyl phthalate.
  • the thickness of the charge producing layer is preferably not more than 5 ⁇ m, more preferably not more than 2 ⁇ m.
  • an adhesive layer or barrier layer may be present between the charge generating layer and the support or the charge transport layer and the support.
  • Useful for that purpose are e.g. a polyamide layer, nitrocellulose layer, hydrolysed silane layer, or aluminium oxide layer acting as blocking layer preventing positive or negative charge injection from the support side.
  • the thickness of said barrier layer is preferably not more than 1 ⁇ m.
  • the conductive support may be made of any suitable conductive material.
  • Typical conductors include aluminum, steel, brass and paper and resin materials incorporating or coated with conductivity enhancing substances, e.g. vacuum-deposited metal, dispersed carbon black, graphite and conductive monomeric salts or a conductive polymer, e.g. a polymer containing quaternized nitrogen atoms as in Calgon Conductive polymer 261 (trade mark of Calgon Corporation, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A.) described in US-P 3,832,171.
  • the support may be in the form of a foil, web or be part of a drum.
  • An electrophotographic recording process comprises the steps of :
  • the photo-exposure of the charge generating layer proceeds preferably through the charge transporting layer but may be direct if the charge generating layer is uppermost or may proceed likewise through the conductive support if the latter is transparent enough to the exposure light.
  • the development of the latent electrostatic image commonly occurs preferably with finely divided electrostatically attractable material, called toner particles that are attracted by coulomb force to the electrostatic charge pattern.
  • the toner development is a dry or liquid toner development known to those skilled in the art.
  • toner particles deposit on those areas of the charge carrying surface which are in positive-positive relation to the original image.
  • toner particles migrate and deposit on the recording surface areas which are in negative-positive image value relation to the original.
  • the by photo-exposure discharged areas obtain by induction through a properly biased developing electrode a charge of opposite charge sign with respect to the charge sign of the toner particles so that the toner becomes deposited in the photo-exposed areas that were discharged in the imagewise exposure (ref. : R.M. Schaffert "Electrophotography” - The Focal Press - London, New York, enlarged and revised edition 1975, p. 50-51 and T.P. Maclean "Electronic Imaging” Academic Press - London, 1979, p. 231).
  • electrostatic charging e.g. by corona
  • the imagewise photo-exposure proceed simultaneously.
  • Residual charge after toner development may be dissipated before starting a next copying cycle by overall exposure and/or alternating current corona treatment.
  • Recording materials according to the present invention depending on the spectral sensitivity of the charge generating layer may be used in combination with all kinds of photon-radiation, e.g. light of the visible spectrum, infra-red light, ultra-violet light and likewise X-rays when electron-positive hole pairs can be formed by said radiation in the charge generating layer.
  • photon-radiation e.g. light of the visible spectrum, infra-red light, ultra-violet light and likewise X-rays when electron-positive hole pairs can be formed by said radiation in the charge generating layer.
  • they can be used in combination with incandescent lamps, fluorescent lamps, laser light sources or light emitting diodes by proper choice of the spectral sensitivity of the charge generating substance or mixtures thereof.
  • the toner image obtained may be fixed onto the recording material or may be transferred to a receptor material to form thereon after fixing the final visible image.
  • a recording material according to the present invention showing a particularly low fatigue effect can be used in recording apparatus operating with rapidly following copying cycles including the sequential steps of uniformly charging, imagewise exposing, toner development and toner transfer to a receptor element.
  • the evaluations of electrophotographic properties determined on the recording materials of the following examples relate to the performance of the recording materials in an electrophotographic process with a reusable photoreceptor.
  • the measurements of the performance characteristics were carried out as follows :
  • the photoconductive recording sheet material was mounted with its conductive backing on an aluminium drum which was earthed and rotated at a circumferential speed of 10 cm/s.
  • the recording material was sequentially charged with a negative corona at a voltage of -4.6 kV operating with a corona current of about 1 ⁇ A per cm of corona wire.
  • the recording material was exposed (simulating imagewise exposure) with a light dose corresponding to 13.2 mJ/m2 of 650 mm light obtained from a monochromator positioned at the circumference of the drum at an angle of 45° with respect to the corona source.
  • the photo-exposure lasted 200 ms.
  • the exposed recording material passed an electrometer probe positioned at an angle of 180° with respect to the corona source.
  • Each measurement relates to 100 copying cycles in which 10 cycles without 650 nm light exposure are alternated with 5 cycles with 650 nm light exposure.
  • the charging level (CL) is taken as the average charging level over the 90th to 100th cycle, the residual potential (RP) as the residual potential over the 85th to 90th cycle, the % discharge as and the fatigue (F) as the difference in residual potential in volts between RP and the average residual potential over the 10th to 15th cycle.
  • the charging level CL is only dependent upon the thickness of the charge transport layer and its specific resistivity.
  • CL expressed in volts should be preferably ⁇ 30 d, where d is the thickness in ⁇ m of the charge transport layer.
  • the % discharge should be at least 35 % and preferably at least 50 %.
  • the fatigue F should preferably not exceed 20 V either negative or positive to maintain a uniform image quality over a large number of copying cycles.
  • a photoconductor sheet was produced by coating a 100 ⁇ m thick polyester film being vapour-coated with a conductive layer of aluminium with a dispersion of charge generating pigment to a thickness of 0.5 ⁇ m with a doctor-blade coater.
  • Said dispersion was prepared by mixing for 20 minutes in a pearl mill 1 g of metal free purified X-phthalocyanine, 0.1 g of DYNAPOL L 206 (registered trade mark), 0.9 g of bisphenol Z polycarbonate and 23 g of dichloromethane which dispersion was then diluted with 8.33 g of dichloromethane before coating to adjust the viscosity for coating.
  • the applied dispersion layer was dried for 15 minutes at 80°C and then overcoated using a doctor-blade coater to a thickness of 10 ⁇ m with a filtered solution of charge transporting layer coating composition consisting of 2 g of 1,3,5-tris(4-N,N-diethylaminophenyl) benzene (number 1 in the Table), 2 g of bisphenol 2 polycarbonate and 21 g of tetrahydrofuran. This layer was then dried for 1 h at 80°C.
  • a photoconductor sheet was produced as described in Example 1 except that the charge transporting layer consisted of 50 % of 1,3,5-tris(3-N,N-diethylaminophenyl) benzene (number 2 in the Table) in bisphenol Z polycarbonate.
  • a photoconductor sheet was produced as described in Example 1 except that the charge generating pigment in the charge generating layer was 4,10-dibromo-anthanthrone and bisphenol A polycarbonate was used as the binder instead of bisphenol Z polycarbonate.
  • a photoconductor sheet was produced as described in Example 1 except that bisphenol A polycarbonate MAKROLON CD 2000 (registered trade mark) was used instead of bisphenol Z polycarbonate in the charge generating layer and that the charge transporting layer consisted of 30 % of substance 7 in the Table and 70 % of the bisphenol A polycarbonate MAKROLON CD 2000 (registered trade mark).
  • a photoconductor sheet was produced as described in Example 4 except that the charging transporting layer consisted of 50 % of substance 9 in the Table and 50 % of the bisphenol A polycarbonate MAKROLON CD 2000 (registered trade mark).
  • a photoconductor sheet was produced as described in Example 5 except that the charge generating pigment in the charge generating layer was 4,10-dibromoanthanthrone instead of metal-free X-phthalocyanine.
  • a photoconductor sheet was produced as described in Example 5 except that the charge transporting compound in the charge transporting layer was substance 13 in the Table instead of substance 9.
  • a photoconductor sheet was produced as described in Example 7 except that the charge generating pigment in the charge generating layer was 4,10-dibromoanthantrone instead of metal-free X-phthalocyanine.
  • a photoconductor sheet was produced as described in Example 5 except that the charge transporting compound in the charge transporting layer was substance 8 in the Table instead of substance 9.
  • a photoconductor sheet was produced as described in Example 5 except that the charge transporting layer consisted of 40 % of substance 10 in the Table and 60 % of the bisphenol A polycarbonate MAKROLON CD 2000 (registered trade mark) instead of 50 % of substance 9 in the Table and 50 % of MAKROLON CD 2000 (registered trade mark).
  • a photoconductor sheet was produced as described in Example 5 except that the charge transporting compound in the charge transporting layer was substance 15 in the Table instead of substance 9.
  • a photoconductor sheet was produced as described in Example 11 except that the charge generating pigment in the charge generating pigment layer was 4,10-dibromoanthanthrone instead of metal-free X-phthalocyanine.

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  1. Matériau d'enregistrement électrophotographique comprenant un support conducteur et une couche photosensible contenant un composé photoconducteur qui possède une capacité de transport de charges de type p et qui correspond à la formule générale (I) ci-après :
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       R¹ représente un groupe -NR³R⁴ dans lequel chacun des radicaux R³ et R⁴, identiques ou différents, représente un groupe alkyle en C₁-C₁₀, y compris ce groupe alkyle sous forme substituée, un groupe cycloalkyle ou un groupe aryle, et
       R² représente un atome d'hydrogène, un groupe alkyle, y compris un groupe alkyle substitué ou un atome d'halogène.
  2. Matériau d'enregistrement électrophotographique selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une couche générant les charges en relation contiguë avec une couche transportant les charges, la couche transportant les charges contenant ce composé photoconducteur selon la formule générale (I).
  3. Matériau d'enregistrement électrophotographique selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que R² représente un groupe méthyle, un groupe éthyle ou encore un groupe alkyle substitué par un groupe éthoxycarbonyle.
  4. Matériau d'enregistrement électrophotographique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que chacun des radicaux R³ et R⁴, identiques ou différents, représente un groupe benzyle ou un groupe alkyle substitué par un groupe alcoxycarbonyle.
  5. Matériau d'enregistrement électrophotographique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le composé selon la formule générale (I) possède un point de fusion d'au moins 100°C.
  6. Matériau d'enregistrement électrophotographique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, caractérisé en ce qu'un composé selon la formule générale (I) est appliqué en combinaison avec un liant de résine pour former une couche transportant des charges adhérant directement à ladite couche générant des charges positives, elle-même étant portée par un support électroconducteur.
  7. Matériau d'enregistrement électrophotographique selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le ou les liant(s) de résine est (sont) choisi(s) parmi le groupe constitué par un ester de cellulose, des résines d'acrylate et de méthacrylate, le chlorure de polyvinyle, des copolymères de chlorure de vinyle, des résines polyesters, des résines de polycarbonates aromatiques, des résines de silicone, du polystyrène et des copolymères de styrène et d'anhydride maléique, des copolymères de butadiène et de styrène, le poly-N-vinylcarbazole, ainsi que des copolymères de N-vinylcarbazole ayant une teneur en groupes N-vinylcarbazole d'au moins 40% en poids.
  8. Matériau d'enregistrement électrophotographique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 7, caractérisé en ce que la teneur du composé selon la formule générale (I) dans la couche transportant les charges se situe dans le domaine de 30 à 70% en poids par rapport au poids total de ladite couche.
  9. Matériau d'enregistrement électrophotographique selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que l'épaisseur de la couche transportant les charges se situe dans le domaine de 5 à 50 µm.
  10. Matériau d'enregistrement électrophotographique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 9, caractérisé en ce que la couche générant des charges positives contient, pour la formation de paires de trous électropositifs obtenues par photo-induction, une substance organique choisie parmi le groupe constitué par :
    a) des pérylimides,
    b) des quinones polynucléaires,
    c) des quinacridones,
    d) des pigments dérivés de l'acide naphtalène-1,4,5,8-tétracarboxylique,
    e) des phtalocyanines,
    g) des dérivés du benzothioxanthène,
    h) des pigments dérivés de l'acide pérylène-3,4,9,10-tétracarboxylique,
    i) des pigments polyazoïques,
    j) des colorants de squarilium,
    k) des colorants de polyméthine,
    l) des colorants contenant des groupes de quinazoline,
    m) des colorants de triarylméthane, et
    n) des colorants contenant des groupes 1,5-diaminoanthraquinone.
  11. Matériau d'enregistrement électrophotographique selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le support conducteur est réalisé en aluminium, en acier, en laiton ou en papier, ou encore en une matière résinique dans laquelle est incorporée ou sur laquelle est enduite une substance augmentant la conductibilité, le support étant sous la forme d'une feuille, d'une bande ou encore faisant partie d'un tambour.
  12. Procédé d'enregistrement électrophotographique comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    (1) procurer à un matériau d'enregistrement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 11, de manière uniforme, une charge électrostatique négative, et
    (2) exposer à la lumière sous forme d'image la couche de ce matériau d'enregistrement générant des charges.
  13. Procédé d'enregistrement électrophotographique selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que l'exposition à la lumière de la couche générant des charges a lieu à travers la couche transportant les porteurs de charge.
  14. Composé chimique correspondant à la formule générale ci-après :
    Figure imgb0019
     dans laquelle
       R¹ représente un groupe -NR³R⁴ dans lequel chacun des radicaux R³ et R⁴, identiques ou différents, représente un groupe alkyle en C₂-C₁₀, y compris ce groupe alkyle sous forme substituée, un groupe benzyle, un groupe cycloalkyle ou un groupe aryle, et
       R² représente un atome d'hydrogène, un groupe alkyle, y compris un groupe alkyle substitué ou un atome d'halogène.
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